Trump says he'll ‘take a look' at deporting Elon Musk
The president's comments come amid a very public falling out between him and Musk, who was until recently one of Trump's staunchest supporters. Last month, Musk stepped down as the head of DOGE after heavily criticizing Trump's 'big, beautiful' budget bill, which includes a $5 trillion debt ceiling increase.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump was asked if he would look at deporting Elon Musk - a naturalized US citizen - to his native South Africa, to which the president replied: 'I don't know, we'll have to take a look.'
'We might have to put DOGE on Elon,' the president added, noting that 'DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.' Trump further pointed out that Musk had been getting a 'lot of subsidies.'
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